Tekkoz Kengerlidüz is a nature conservation area of 2,425 dönüm made up of two separate parts in two provinces: Tekkoz lies within the Erzin district of Hatay, and Kengerlidüz within the central district of Osmaniye.
What it protects is unusual. The beech stands here are, in the Directorate's words, the southernmost in the world, and they form a rare and singular forest ecosystem. Beech and Turkey oak are the species named.
The main approach is the Adana–Hatay E-91 road through Erzin, which is 108 kilometres from Antakya and 43 from the neighbouring town of Dörtyol.
- Designated
- 29.05.1987
When to go
- Climate
- Across Hatay as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 8.1 °C in January to 27.9 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, June and October; rainfall is heaviest in January (197 mm) and lightest in July (16 mm). Long-term means for 1940-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
